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Medium: HCIL 2019-2020 News Roundup
UMD Human-Computer Interaction Lab’s (HCIL) 2019-2020 accomplishments

Press Release: Naeemul Hassan Awarded $228,000 NSF Grant For Collaborative Project
Dr. Naeemul Hassan and collaborators aim to design and develop computational models to automatically detect video clickbait.

David Weintrop Awarded Prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. David Weintrop receives $70K award to integrate computing and the powerful ideas of computer science into classrooms.

School Library Journal: COVID-19 Is an Opportunity to Rethink Youth Librarianship | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam
Discusses how libraries have adapted to continue serving their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Co-Principal Investigator Added to SFS Grant: Charles Harry
The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) grant is funded through the National Science Foundation to provide educational and profes …

Individual with sight impairment using Morphic technology to bring up personal screen reader settings on a computer. (Image provided by the Trace Research & Development Center)
Press Release: Revelo Teams Up with University of Maryland for Digital Accessibility Pilot
Revelo Software, LLC has partnered with Dr. Jonathan Lazar to adapt iAccessible for use in his study.

Two UMD iSchool Faculty Members Join FAS COVID-19 Task Force
The Federation of American Scientists has assembled teams of world-class experts to examine and advise on various facets of the COVID …